European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1952, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Jugos Lavias exiled generals gather in the War room above of Schloss Vardar move coloured pins about on a map of Eastern Europe and study reports of the War in at they appear on the Steps their Castle where they live in King Peter generals Lead lonely life in German exile by Omer staff writer Brig Gen Desan busiest of the paints with Home made brushes on wrapping a cop of ersatz Coffee and slice of bread is All these without country can a Bleak Castle near Muenster 26 brooding generals who a few Short years ago commanded the Royal yugoslav army of King now they Are generals without troops and men without a exiled by marshal forgotten by the allies and treated As Dps by the in the april 1941 invasion of Yugoslavia by these forgotten men were taken prisoner along yugoslav shifted from prison Camp to prison the generals emerged at the wars end in the Allied internment Center at they could have emigrated As Many of their officers or have joined the Labo service organizations of the Allied but stubborn Pride has kept them together in dreary for As Gen Desan Illic we Are the Kings and until we Are relieved by the King we feel we should try to keep alive the Royal yugoslav Mitt tary tradition to which we have devoted our four years ago the generals were lodged by the allies in the Schloss 30 Miles from the 60room Castle of the Duke of Here they live on a Dole from the state government North the whom most of the yugoslav generals fought in both give them the same treatment As they do any Charity each be he a brigadier or full receives of 135 Marks a Day for foodvand12 Marks a month for clothing and breakfast in the castles officers mess consists of a cup of ersatz Coffee and a slice of lunch of and dinner of two slices of bread and 70 Grams of their poverty keeps the generals confined to the Castle almost Asef festively As if they were in a pm though they Are free to travel anywhere in Western they never do so because they dont have the in the same Way their penury keeps them isolated from even their German neigh we get invitations often from of caper maa neighbors and friends but we always decline because we cant return their hos said proud old Ulic most of the generals have had to give in smoking because they can no longer afford and they Are Lacfi in patched garments donated by welfare or have preserved with the utmost care the one garment that is their shining generals daily the uniforms Are aired and spread across each generals bed under the portrait of King Peter for a few most of these embittered generals Are slowly abandon ing Hope of even returning to much less to the Field again at the head of their Hopes were High after the War that King Peter would be restored when this Prospect had they nourished the thin Hope that a japs after he had broken Stalev wild Welcome them Back to help rebuild the yugoslav this slender thread when branded them War the youngest of the generals is now 58 years old to take the Field in the castles they have set up a sort of War where they go Over Battle reports from and to move coloured pins around on a map of Eastern Europe to denote reported shift in soviet troop every text weeks they Are visited by a greek Ortho Dox and now and then they sent a bundle of copies of a newspaper published by yugoslav these the Only contacts they have with the even the most hardened of is moved to sentiment by the sight of proud old their briefing in Tow War room returning to their House hold for these there no no they make their 6wn tidy up their twi rooms Ana split up into work details to do com Munal chores like by general the commander Schjei Castle Vardar is col Gen War time defender is he Flo conducts the War room sessions and acts As official spokesman for the j its not much of a life for a he admitted All that we have left is our the stars and ste9es i